The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-01-13

Slelgh-rldlng was the popular
amusement in a good many NissiS
sippi towns last week.
The Wesson Band Of Hope gave a
Christmas tree. This organization
continues TO flourish.
They wheeled drunken negroes in
hand carts to the calaboose Chris.
mas day in Columbus, Miss.
Papers are published by colored
men at jackson, Colnmb bus, koscius-
ko, Grenada and Greenville.
Messrs. Russell and Mullen are the
new pastors of the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches, at Wesson.
RI. McLaurin has been elected
Mayor of Brandon. Brother Frantz,
OF the Republican, was badly left.
A negro farmer near Cotreeville,
recently killed four hogs, the whole
weighing 1850 pounds after being
cleaned,
Mr.. Fl. Penn has been awarded
the cotract of keeping the Copiah
paupers for the ensuing year at 81 so
per month each.
Rhodes Tart accidentally killed
Jimmie Watts, another lad, while
the two were out hunting near Lau-
dcrdale station last week.
On Jan. 1st the Gulf and Ship Is
land Railroad Company took form
al charge OF the penitcntiary. The
lease runs until Jan. 1st, 1892.
DR.. Emmett c. Dent, of Macon,
has taken charge of the insane asy-
lum, Blackwell's Island, n. Y, to
which he was recently appointed.
Mr.. G. w. Hamilton had the mis-
fortune to lose, by fire, his planer
and quite lot OF dressed lumber
on Monday night, the 3rd.-WesSon
Times.
The license of the last saloon in
Meridian expires January 29Lh, and
the last gallon house in May, when
that growing and prosperous city
will he dry.
1t is said the cat population OF
Wesson has vasLl V increased during
the past few weeks, as result of
Mr. FanCs advertisement for 400 cats
at so cents per head.
Bids arc invited for the building of
81 600 Presbyterian church at Va
TO City, to be opened Feb 10Th.
Couldn't Capt. Morelon, Brook
haven's accomplished arcitect and
builder, put in and win2
Columbus will have a creamery,
which will make the whole number
in the State, thirteen. Three years
ago none were in existence in Mis-
sissippi, and TO the A. d NJ. College
is due all credit for the change.
The Board of Supervisors of
Kinds county reelected DR.. NJ. D..
Morgan county physician and re-
elected the Mississippian county
printer for the First District and the
Raymond Gazette for the Second
District.
NJ. S. Gatlin, 70 years OF age.
living seven miles east of Terry,
committed suicide on Jan. LIST, by
shooting himself in the head with a
sporting rifle The cause Of his
rash act is supposed to be family
troubles.
Dir. Frank Harris, the latest grail
uate of the Capital Commercial Col
lcge, celebrated the New Year by
assuming entire charge Of the hooks
of the large and fiourishing business
house of Messrs. Williams & Black
of Bolton.
During a frolic in the snow at
Port Gibson last week two persons
suffered from the rt' ct II broken
legs. Henry Wasserr, Jr., formerly
Of New Orleans, and Miss Dixon,
late of Fayette, Miss, fell and suf-
fercd fractures.
Last Monday Abe Thomas, tur-
bulent negro, was shot and very
seriously, if not fatally wounded by
Fletcher Fitzgerald, a young son of
Col. w. II. Fitzgerald, who is we'll
known attorney and prominent cit
izen of Grenada. The shooting was
done in self-defence.
1t is stated that two military com.
panies of Vicksburg. the Volunteer
Sou,hrons and the Vicksburg Rifles,
will consolidate and a team will be
selected to enter the national drill
at Washington, D. g., in May next,
and probably be commanded by
Capt. c. j. Searles, of the South
rons.
Col. w. D. Crane shipped this
week bale of our Lespedeza hay to
Robert Bonner, publisher Of the New
York Ledger; bale to Pierre Loril
lard, the celebrated race horse man;
and a bale to Cornelius Vanderbuilt,
the capitalist and owner of number
of fine horses. Col. Crane desires
these men To have their stock
to sample this, the hest hay grown
on the American Continent, with
the view Of establishing a trade in
New York, when the n. j. & G. rail
road is extended.-Macon Miss.